Optimizing The Nation S Investment In Academic Research

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Committee on Federal Research Regulations and Reporting Requirements: A New Framework for Research Universities in the 21st Century
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309379489

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Optimizing the Nation's Investment in Academic Research by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Committee on Federal Research Regulations and Reporting Requirements: A New Framework for Research Universities in the 21st Century Pdf

Research universities are critical contributors to our national research enterprise. They are the principal source of a world-class labor force and fundamental discoveries that enhance our lives and the lives of others around the world. These institutions help to create an educated citizenry capable of making informed and crucial choices as participants in a democratic society. However many are concerned that the unintended cumulative effect of federal regulations undercuts the productivity of the research enterprise and diminishes the return on the federal investment in research. Optimizing the Nation's Investment in Academic Research reviews the regulatory framework as it currently exists, considers specific regulations that have placed undue and often unanticipated burdens on the research enterprise, and reassesses the process by which these regulations are created, reviewed, and retired. This review is critical to strengthen the partnership between the federal government and research institutions, to maximize the creation of new knowledge and products, to provide for the effective training and education of the next generation of scholars and workers, and to optimize the return on the federal investment in research for the benefit of the American people.

Author : Committee on Federal Research Regulations and Reporting Requirements a New Framework for Research Universities in the 21st Century,Committee on Science Technology and Law,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Policy and Global Affairs,The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0309378222

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Optimizing the Nation's Investment in Academic Research: by Committee on Federal Research Regulations and Reporting Requirements a New Framework for Research Universities in the 21st Century,Committee on Science Technology and Law,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Policy and Global Affairs,The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Pdf

Research universities are critical contributors to our national research enterprise. They are the principal source of a world-class labor force and fundamental discoveries that enhance our lives and the lives of others around the world. These institutions help to create an educated citizenry capable of making informed and crucial choices as participants in a democratic society. However many are concerned that the unintended cumulative effect of federal regulations undercuts the productivity of the research enterprise and diminishes the return on the federal investment in research. Optimizing the Nation's Investment in Academic Research reviews the regulatory framework as it currently exists, considers specific regulations that have placed undue and often unanticipated burdens on the research enterprise, and reassesses the process by which these regulations are created, reviewed, and retired. This review is critical to strengthen the partnership between the federal government and research institutions, to maximize the creation of new knowledge and products, to provide for the effective training and education of the next generation of scholars and workers, and to optimize the return on the federal investment in research for the benefit of the American people.

Author : Jonathan Lazar,Jinjuan Heidi Feng,Harry Hochheiser
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780128093436

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Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction by Jonathan Lazar,Jinjuan Heidi Feng,Harry Hochheiser Pdf

Research Methods in Human-Computer Interaction is a comprehensive guide to performing research and is essential reading for both quantitative and qualitative methods. Since the first edition was published in 2009, the book has been adopted for use at leading universities around the world, including Harvard University, Carnegie-Mellon University, the University of Washington, the University of Toronto, HiOA (Norway), KTH (Sweden), Tel Aviv University (Israel), and many others. Chapters cover a broad range of topics relevant to the collection and analysis of HCI data, going beyond experimental design and surveys, to cover ethnography, diaries, physiological measurements, case studies, crowdsourcing, and other essential elements in the well-informed HCI researcher's toolkit. Continual technological evolution has led to an explosion of new techniques and a need for this updated 2nd edition, to reflect the most recent research in the field and newer trends in research methodology. This Research Methods in HCI revision contains updates throughout, including more detail on statistical tests, coding qualitative data, and data collection via mobile devices and sensors. Other new material covers performing research with children, older adults, and people with cognitive impairments. Comprehensive and updated guide to the latest research methodologies and approaches, and now available in EPUB3 format (choose any of the ePub or Mobi formats after purchase of the eBook). Expanded discussions of online datasets, crowdsourcing, statistical tests, coding qualitative data, laws and regulations relating to the use of human participants, and data collection via mobile devices and sensors New material on performing research with children, older adults, and people with cognitive impairments, two new case studies from Google and Yahoo!, and techniques for expanding the influence of your research to reach non-researcher audiences, including software developers and policymakers

Author : Cass R. Sunstein
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262365338

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Sludge by Cass R. Sunstein Pdf

How we became so burdened by red tape and unnecessary paperwork, and why we must do better. We've all had to fight our way through administrative sludge--filling out complicated online forms, mailing in paperwork, standing in line at the motor vehicle registry. This kind of red tape is a nuisance, but, as Cass Sunstein shows in Sludge, it can also also impair health, reduce growth, entrench poverty, and exacerbate inequality. Confronted by sludge, people just give up--and lose a promised outcome: a visa, a job, a permit, an educational opportunity, necessary medical help. In this lively and entertaining look at the terribleness of sludge, Sunstein explains what we can do to reduce it. Because of sludge, Sunstein, explains, too many people don't receive benefits to which they are entitled. Sludge even prevents many people from exercising their constitutional rights--when, for example, barriers to voting in an election are too high. (A Sludge Reduction Act would be a Voting Rights Act.) Sunstein takes readers on a tour of the not-so-wonderful world of sludge, describes justifications for certain kinds of sludge, and proposes "Sludge Audits" as a way to measure the effects of sludge. On balance, Sunstein argues, sludge infringes on human dignity, making people feel that their time and even their lives don't matter. We must do better.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : United States
ISBN : IND:30000155591260

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2017: Related agencies FY 2017 budget justifications by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Kelvin K. Droegemeier
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780262547079

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Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise by Kelvin K. Droegemeier Pdf

What next-generation scholars need to know in order to thrive, and how they can actively participate in shaping the academic research enterprise. The academic research enterprise is highly complex, involving multiple sectors of society and a vast array of approaches. In Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise, Kelvin K. Droegemeier shows next-generation scholars across all disciplines how to become more productive earlier in their career, as well as how to help shape the academic research enterprise. The topics covered include public perceptions of scholarly work and its use in policy; understanding the big picture of funding and national priorities as well as identifying funding sources; research methods; collecting data and materials; writing grant proposals; publishing results; ethical conduct; bias and peer review; intellectual property and compliance regulations; partnerships and collaboration; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and the future of research. Droegemeier’s two principal goals are to enhance and accelerate scholars’ understanding of the academic research process and to democratize that understanding, particularly at institutions that traditionally are underrepresented or lack robust resources. While intended for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and early career faculty, Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise is also relevant to mid-career and senior faculty, research administrators, funding organizations, congressional staff, policymakers, and the general public. Droegemeier places scholars in a broader national and international context—not as passive recipients of the existing system but as key actors who actively participate in helping to set priorities, determine policies, drive systemic change, and advance knowledge.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy,Committee on Responsible Science
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309391252

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Fostering Integrity in Research by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy,Committee on Responsible Science Pdf

The integrity of knowledge that emerges from research is based on individual and collective adherence to core values of objectivity, honesty, openness, fairness, accountability, and stewardship. Integrity in science means that the organizations in which research is conducted encourage those involved to exemplify these values in every step of the research process. Understanding the dynamics that support â€" or distort â€" practices that uphold the integrity of research by all participants ensures that the research enterprise advances knowledge. The 1992 report Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process evaluated issues related to scientific responsibility and the conduct of research. It provided a valuable service in describing and analyzing a very complicated set of issues, and has served as a crucial basis for thinking about research integrity for more than two decades. However, as experience has accumulated with various forms of research misconduct, detrimental research practices, and other forms of misconduct, as subsequent empirical research has revealed more about the nature of scientific misconduct, and because technological and social changes have altered the environment in which science is conducted, it is clear that the framework established more than two decades ago needs to be updated. Responsible Science served as a valuable benchmark to set the context for this most recent analysis and to help guide the committee's thought process. Fostering Integrity in Research identifies best practices in research and recommends practical options for discouraging and addressing research misconduct and detrimental research practices.

Author : John Irvine,Ben R. Martin,Phoebe Isard
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015018973845

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Investing in the Future by John Irvine,Ben R. Martin,Phoebe Isard Pdf

This widely acclaimed book presents for the first time a detailed comparative survey of government research expenditure in 6 leading scientific nations over the period 1975-87. It provides disaggregated international statistics showing how the major industrial countries allocate their research resources to basic academic science - widely recognized to be an important cornerstone of technological progress.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Military Trauma Care's Learning Health System and Its Translation to the Civilian Sector
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309442855

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A National Trauma Care System by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Military Trauma Care's Learning Health System and Its Translation to the Civilian Sector Pdf

Advances in trauma care have accelerated over the past decade, spurred by the significant burden of injury from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Between 2005 and 2013, the case fatality rate for United States service members injured in Afghanistan decreased by nearly 50 percent, despite an increase in the severity of injury among U.S. troops during the same period of time. But as the war in Afghanistan ends, knowledge and advances in trauma care developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) over the past decade from experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq may be lost. This would have implications for the quality of trauma care both within the DoD and in the civilian setting, where adoption of military advances in trauma care has become increasingly common and necessary to improve the response to multiple civilian casualty events. Intentional steps to codify and harvest the lessons learned within the military's trauma system are needed to ensure a ready military medical force for future combat and to prevent death from survivable injuries in both military and civilian systems. This will require partnership across military and civilian sectors and a sustained commitment from trauma system leaders at all levels to assure that the necessary knowledge and tools are not lost. A National Trauma Care System defines the components of a learning health system necessary to enable continued improvement in trauma care in both the civilian and the military sectors. This report provides recommendations to ensure that lessons learned over the past decade from the military's experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq are sustained and built upon for future combat operations and translated into the U.S. civilian system.

Author : Paola Cappanera,Matteo Lapucci,Fabio Schoen,Marco Sciandrone,Fabio Tardella,Filippo Visintin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031288630

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Optimization and Decision Science: Operations Research, Inclusion and Equity by Paola Cappanera,Matteo Lapucci,Fabio Schoen,Marco Sciandrone,Fabio Tardella,Filippo Visintin Pdf

This volume collects peer-reviewed short papers presented at the Optimization and Decision Science conference (ODS 2022) held in Florence (Italy) from August 30th to September 2nd, 2022, organized by the Global Optimization Laboratory within the University of Florence and AIRO (the Italian Association for Operations Research). The book includes contributions in the fields of operations research, optimization, problem solving, decision making and their applications in the most diverse domains. Moreover, a special focus is set on the challenging theme Operations Research: inclusion and equity. The work offers 30 contributions, covering a wide spectrum of methodologies and applications. Specifically, they feature the following topics: (i) Variational Inequalities, Equilibria and Games, (ii) Optimization and Machine Learning, (iii) Global Optimization, (iv) Optimization under Uncertainty, (v) Combinatorial Optimization, (vi) Transportation and Mobility, (vii) Health Care Management, and (viii) Applications. This book is primarily addressed to researchers and PhD students of the operations research community. However, due to its interdisciplinary content, it will be of high interest for other closely related research communities.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Transportation Research Board,National Cooperative Highway Research Program,Jo Sias Daniel,Heritage Research Group,D'Angelo Consulting LLC,Diversified Engineering Services Inc,University of Colorado,Hill International Inc
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780309451833

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Guidelines for Optimizing the Risk and Cost of Materials QA Programs by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Transportation Research Board,National Cooperative Highway Research Program,Jo Sias Daniel,Heritage Research Group,D'Angelo Consulting LLC,Diversified Engineering Services Inc,University of Colorado,Hill International Inc Pdf

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 838: Guidelines for Optimizing the Risk and Cost of Materials QA Programs proposes guidelines for optimizing the risk and cost of materials quality assurance (QA) programs. It develops a methodology for establishing a materials QA program that optimizes risk and cost by providing appropriate types, levels, and frequencies of agency testing and inspection for transportation projects across their full range of type, size, complexity, and project-delivery method.

Author : Jilan A. Keshta, Catherine Njoki Gatari, Benedict Mutinda Kimwaki, Naomy Jepchumba
Publisher : Cari Journals USA LLC
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789914746549

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Supply Chain Optimization Management by Jilan A. Keshta, Catherine Njoki Gatari, Benedict Mutinda Kimwaki, Naomy Jepchumba Pdf

TOPICS IN THE BOOK The African Cooperation within Egypt-Sudan using Multimodal Transportation: Systematic Review Paper Procurement Contract Management and Sustainable Performance of State Corporations in Kenya Influence of Operations and Processes on Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Kenya Customer Relations Management in Fourth Party Logistics and Its Influence on Performance of Food and Beverage Manufacturing Firms in Kenya The Effect of Product Packaging on Firm Performance: A Study on the Food and Beverage Manufacturing Firms in Kenya

Author : Ioannis Dritsas
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789533078298

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Stochastic Optimization by Ioannis Dritsas Pdf

Stochastic Optimization Algorithms have become essential tools in solving a wide range of difficult and critical optimization problems. Such methods are able to find the optimum solution of a problem with uncertain elements or to algorithmically incorporate uncertainty to solve a deterministic problem. They even succeed in fighting uncertainty with uncertainty. This book discusses theoretical aspects of many such algorithms and covers their application in various scientific fields.

Author : Jeroen Huisman,Harry de Boer,David D. Dill,Manuel Souto-Otero
Publisher : Springer
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137456175

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The Palgrave International Handbook of Higher Education Policy and Governance by Jeroen Huisman,Harry de Boer,David D. Dill,Manuel Souto-Otero Pdf

This state-of-the-art reference collection addresses the major themes, theories and key concepts related to higher education policy and governance on an international scale in one accessible volume. Mapping the field and showcasing current research and theorizations from diverse perspectives and authoritative scholars, this essential guide will assist readers in navigating the myriad concepts and themes involved in higher education policy and governance research and practice. Split into two sections, the first explores a range of policy concepts, theories and methods including governance models, policy instruments, institutionalism and organizational change, new public management and multi-level governance. The second section addresses salient themes such as institutional governance, funding, quality, employability, accountability, university rankings, widening participation, gender, inequalities, technology, student involvement and the role of higher education in society. Global in its perspective and definitive in content, this one-stop volume will be an indispensable reference resource for a wide range of academics, students and researchers in the fields of education, education policy, sociology, social and public policy, political science and for leadership.

Author : Faruk Balli,Au Yong Hui Nee,Sikandar Ali Qalati
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1691 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789464630527

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Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Economics, Smart Finance and Contemporary Trade (ESFCT 2022) by Faruk Balli,Au Yong Hui Nee,Sikandar Ali Qalati Pdf

This is an open access book. As a leading role in the global megatrend of scientific innovation, China has been creating a more and more open environment for scientific innovation, increasing the depth and breadth of academic cooperation, and building a community of innovation that benefits all. Such endeavors are making new contributions to the globalization and creating a community of shared future. To adapt to this changing world and China's fast development in the new era, The 2022 International Conference on Economics, Smart Finance and Contemporary Trade to be held in July 2022. This conference takes "bringing together global wisdom in scientific innovation to promote high-quality development" as the theme and focuses on cutting-edge research fields including Economics, Smart Finance and Contemporary Trade. This conference aims to boost development of the Greater Bay Area, expand channels of international academic exchange in science and technology, build a sharing platform of academic resources, promote scientific innovation on the global scale, strengthen academic cooperation between China and the outside world, enhance development of new energy and materials and IT, AI, and biomedicine industries. It also aims to encourage exchange of information on frontiers of research in different areas, connect the most advanced academic resources in China and the world, turn research results into industrial solutions, and bring together talents, technologies and capital to boost development.